20 A FLOWER GIGOLO 1

Hearing that, Ginnan was at a loss for words.

Ginnan also looked away from being so uncomfortable. "Okay-okay. Don't be so fussy," he said. "So just because of this, you're keeping me from going? Oh my God... you can give people a heart attack by forcing them to see your kiss scene."

"Are you jealous?"

DEG

"What?!"

Instantly, Ginnan immediately looked at Renji excitedly.

"..."

"O-Of course not! What can you do... ha!" shouted Ginnan unconsciously. "It's not much work to be jealous of you."

Renji only casually responded. "So."

Even though Ginnan's face was starting to heat up at this point. "Besides, he seems to love you..."

Renji just looked away from the window.

"I know. So why?"

Ginnan gulped. Even though his intention was just to guess... instead it turned out like this. "Love you too.."

"I already know," Renji said again. "What do you want to say?"

Ginnan even silent a thousand languages. He scratched his head non-itchy, then just sat back in his chair.

"Haru has been with me for a long time..." Renji said suddenly. He explained without being asked. "Occasionally we become sex buddies and mutually benefit at work. Isn't that what you wanted to know? What else could you ask?"

Ginnan shook his head. "Nope. Nothing."

"I thought you were an undercover freelance reporter or something."

DEG

"OH MY GOD NO!"

Renji snorted with a smile. "Otherwise it's fine," he said as light as a breeze. "But if it is, I'll let you make it public about it. It's no longer a secret anyway."

Ginnan immediately died of lice. "You are..." he said. "...how can you be that relaxed in your matters?"

Renji's eyebrows rose to the side. "My personal?" he said. "Why are you the one who cares so much about that?"

"What?"

"Are you sure you're not in love with me?"

"What else is that?! Oh my God..."

Ginnan's lips twisted because he really couldn't understand it.

"Otherwise, fine. I just wanted to provoke your emotions."

Ginnan clenched his fists subconsciously. "So you did it on purpose..." he said. "And now it's happened. Are you happy, ha?"

"Of course."

"You..."

Renji chuckled softly. "You can forget about the locket," he said. "Last night I was just a little angry. And besides... that girl already belongs to someone else. So why would I keep it? What a fool..."

Renji spoke quite a bit. And this is very rare.

Ginnan even remembered the words of the doctor who examined Renji last night and the woman in the locket might have been indeed the cause of his condition.

"I do not know what to say."

From the fluttering window curtain, Renji looked back at him. "You could say thank you or something."

"Oh, yeah..." Ginnan muttered. "Then thank you."

"And sorry I was a bit presumptuous..." Renji said suddenly.

DEG

"What?"

"Last night at the park. Do I need to remind you?"

"Oh, mn..." Ginnan muttered again. He shook his head quickly. "No, I don't. I remember very well."

"Is that true?"

"Can you stop teasing me anymore?"

"You are quite suitable to be 'my woman'."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

"Haha..."

Renji was laughing at this point. And even though the man covered his mouth with his hand, Ginnan still couldn't believe his own eyes.

"That sucks..." Ginnan grumbled with a clenched fist. "If you're not sick. I just slap you this time."

Of course, Ginnan just narrated without the slightest ill will. He was just a little annoyed. But seeing that laugh, he seemed to have found a miracle. A Renji who rarely overexpressed, he didn't think he would show his laughter in front of anyone—wrong—Ginnan even had doubts that he could laugh after this. So Haru is right.

The more Ginnan gets to know Renji, the more surprises he will find in the future.

["That's unnatural,"] Ginnan thought. While still watching that laugh. ["Often acting strange, rich and busy but like jobless, bully, casual, sometimes hot, sometimes cold, has unique tastes in food, bisexual, can't be called evil, can't be called good, has a fetish with perfume, independent but likes spoiled by those closest to him, likes to curse, looks arrogant but easy to say sorry and thank you. Oh! I didn't even notice he didn't object to wearing his teddy bear-patterned hospital pajamas."]

Renji was indeed wearing those pajamas. It was sky blue and the bears even embraced the symbol of a very large heart.

Not only that. Ginnan had also recently seen something similar. A bag. And Haru brought it with the contents of Renji's needs while in the hospital. If you look at it once, everything is normal. The material is synthetic velvet with expensive brand dog hairs, the color is jet black, but the hanger for each zipper is in the shape of the head of the heroic character Uzumaki Naruto.